dis ‧ gorge /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ $ -ɔːrdʒ/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: desgorger , from gorge 'throat' ]
1 . [transitive] literary if a vehicle or building disgorges people, they come out of it in a large group:
Cars drew up to disgorge a wedding party.
2 . [transitive] if something disgorges what was inside it, it lets it pour out:
Chimneys were disgorging smoke into the air.
3 . [intransitive and transitive] if a river disgorges, it flows into the sea:
The Mississippi disgorges its waters into the Gulf of Mexico.
4 . [transitive] formal to give back something that you have taken illegally
5 . [transitive] formal to bring food back up from your stomach through your mouth